California, Los Angeles County
Where Lakewood's records are kept. Lakewood has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Lakewood's own offices, along with State of California offices; the Los Angeles County offices are on our Los Angeles County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Property records
Oversees how California's 58 county assessors apply property tax law, audits their practices, certifies appraisers and itself assesses utility and railroad property and pipelines spanning two or more counties.
Open official site California State Board of Equalization Property Tax DepartmentState records
The Secretary of State's archives holds over 105,000 cubic feet of California government records, maps and photographs, described in its Minerva catalog, including court, legislative, land grant and family history collections.
Open official site California State Archives CollectionsCounty court
Bankruptcy court for California's Central District, offering PACER lookup, online petitions, live chat with court staff and self help desks with pro bono help in each of its five divisions.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of CaliforniaCounty court
Judicial Branch guide to looking up a California case: county courts keep the records, so start on the court's website or with its clerk; juvenile and adoption files are confidential.
Open official site California Courts Self Help GuideVital records
Keeps California birth, death, fetal death, marriage and divorce records, issues certified copies and registers or amends records as the law allows. Accepted orders cannot be canceled or refunded.
Open official site California Department of Public Health Vital RecordsState records
The California Department of Justice unit that helps police locate missing people and identify unknown persons; its missing persons database, searchable by name, county and description, holds a subset of reported cases.
Open official site California DOJ Missing and Unidentified Persons SectionPolice & jail
Wanted and missing person posters from the FBI Los Angeles Field Office, including Ten Most Wanted fugitives, Most Wanted Fraudsters and cases where agents seek information; tips go to tips.fbi.gov.
Open official site FBI Los Angeles Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
California Department of Justice listing of registered sex offenders that state law allows it to disclose; some registrants are left out, and registrants who use the search face a fine or jail.
Open official site California Megan's Law WebsiteFederal
Population, housing, income and business statistics for the city of Lakewood, California from U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, including the 2020 Census count of 82,496; only the latest figures appear, not earlier years.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Official Lakewood city website. City Hall is at 5050 Clark Avenue (562-866-9771), with online payments, service requests, meeting agendas, street sweeping and trash schedules, and the City Clerk's office.
Open official site City of LakewoodPolice & jail
Los Angeles County Sheriff's station at 5130 Clark Avenue, Lakewood, serving Lakewood, Artesia, Bellflower, Hawaiian Gardens, Paramount and nearby unincorporated areas; online crime reports, phone (562) 623-3500.
Open official site Lakewood Sheriff's StationCity records
LA County Library branch at 4990 Clark Ave., Lakewood, phone 562.866.1777, with research help in person or by phone, newspapers, meeting rooms, public computers and online databases; closed Sunday and Monday.
Open official site Angelo M. Iacoboni LibraryEverything else, organized
9 more Lakewood sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Lakewood, a place of 82,496 people, is in Los Angeles County, whose county seat is City of Los Angeles. Court and property records sit with Los Angeles County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of California. Lakewood's own offices are in the cards above, and our Los Angeles County page lists each county office.
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Voter registration in California is run by the California Secretary of State and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Lakewood.
Deeds for property in Lakewood are recorded by the Los Angeles County Recorder, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Los Angeles County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in California come from the state vital records office, California Department of Public Health Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.